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		2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Earnings
Sales	€ million	2,821	3,283	3,516	3,877	3,809
thereof sales from precious metal trading	€ million	915	1,233	1,311	1,682	1,466
Sales adjusted for the proceeds from precious metals trading	€ million	1,906	2,050	2,205	2,195	2,343
Earnings result from ordinary operations (EBIT) before one-off income	€ million	149	143	167	175	176
Earnings before taxes (EBT)	€ million	132	125	145	243	158
Consolidated net profit	€ million	94	86	89	188	100
Dividends	€ million	22	27	24	57	18
EBIT ratio*	%	7.8	7.0	7.6	8.0	7.5
Return on equity before taxes	%	23.0	20.1	20.7	30.2	17.9

Net assets
Balance sheet total	€ million	1,197	1,305	1,382	1,563	1,619
Economic equity	€ million	573	623	700	804	885
Equity ratio	%	49.7	49.9	52.3	53.4	56.1
Working capital	€ million	449	502	488	551	600

Financial position
Net financial assets	€ million	136	149	264	352	366
Cash flow from operating activities	€ million	154	124	223	127	121
Investment in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets (excluding goodwill)	€ million	65	58	67	82	71
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets (excluding goodwill)	€ million	54	50	53	56	58

Employees
Employees, annual average		11,210	11,954	12,164	12,443	12,413
thereof domestic		6,680	6,906	6,865	6,896	6,708
thereof abroad		4,530	5,048	5,299	5,547	5,705
Personnel expenses	€ million	572	617	643	672	676
* EBIT before one-off income/sales adjusted for the effects of sales from precious metal trading